The equipment was destroyed in the vicinity of an airfield northeast of Palmyra. Davis said 16 coalition aircraft fired a total of 22 munitions during the strikes.

Lt. General Stephen Townsend, the U.S. general leading the fight against Islamic State, told reporters earlier this week that if Syrian and Russian forces failed to take back their losses at Palmyra, the U.S. would strike Islamic State there.

“We will do what we need to do to defend ourselves,” the general said Wednesday.

He said Russia and Syria “probably took their eye off the ball in Palmyra” and failed to secure their gains “because they were so focused on Aleppo.”

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